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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): October 9, 2024

 

 

 

GAN Limited

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

 

 

Bermuda   001-39274   Not Applicable

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

400 Spectrum Center Drive, Suite 1900, Irvine, CA   92618
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   Zip Code

 

(833) 565-0550

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
   
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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
   
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 

 

 

 

Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.

 

On October 9, 2024, GAN Limited issued a press release announcing clearance from the Nevada Gaming Commission for the proposed merger of GAN and a subsidiary of SEGA SAMMY CREATION INC., an affiliate of SEGA SAMMY HOLDINGS INC. A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

The information in Item 7.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K, including Exhibit 99.1, is being furnished and shall not be deemed “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section. The information in Item 7.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K, including Exhibit 99.1, shall not be incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other document filed pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act.

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

  (d) Exhibits

 

99.1   Press release dated October 9, 2024
104   Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

Dated: October 9, 2024 GAN Limited
     
  By:

/s/ Seamus McGill

  Name: Seamus McGill
  Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

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Exhibit 99.1

 

 

GAN Announces Approval of Merger by the Nevada Gaming Commission

 

Merger with SEGASAMMY remains on track to close in late 2024 or early 2025

 

Irvine, California | October 9, 2024: GAN Limited (the “Company” or “GAN”) (NASDAQ: GAN), a leading North American B2B technology provider of real money internet gaming solutions and a leading international B2C operator of Internet sports betting, today announced that it has received approval from the Nevada Gaming Commission (NGC) for the merger of GAN and a subsidiary of SEGA SAMMY CREATION INC. (“SSC”), an affiliate of SEGA SAMMY HOLDINGS INC. (“SEGA SAMMY HOLDINGS”).

 

The closing of the merger remains subject to other customary closing conditions including additional gaming regulatory approvals, and is expected to occur in late 2024 or early 2025.

 

If the merger is completed, each GAN ordinary share issued immediately prior to the effective time of the merger will be automatically cancelled and converted into the right to receive $1.97 in cash with respect to each such ordinary share, without interest and less applicable withholding taxes. Upon the completion of the merger, GAN will cease to be a publicly-traded company and its ordinary shares will be delisted from The Nasdaq Capital Market and deregistered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

About GAN

 

GAN is a leading business-to-business supplier of internet gaming software-as-a-service solutions predominantly to the U.S. land-based casino industry. Coolbet, a division of GAN, is a market-leading operator of proprietary online sports betting technology with market leadership positions in select European and Latin American markets. GAN has developed a proprietary internet gaming enterprise software system, GameSTACK™, which it licenses to land-based casino operators as a turnkey technology solution for regulated real money internet gaming, encompassing internet gaming, internet sports gaming, and virtual Simulated Gaming. Additional information about GAN can be found online at www.GAN.com.

 

About SEGA SAMMY HOLDINGS

 

SEGA SAMMY HOLDINGS is the holding company of the SEGA SAMMY Group, a group of companies comprising the Entertainment Contents Business, which offers a diversity of fun through consumer and arcade game content, toys, and animation; the Pachislot and Pachinko Machines Business, which conducts everything from development to sales of Pachinko/Pachislot machines; and the Gaming Business, which operates integrated resorts and develops casino gaming products and software.

 

SSC is a wholly-owned subsidiary of SEGA SAMMY HOLDINGS. SSC, together with its wholly-owned subsidiary SEGA SAMMY CREATION USA Inc., develop, manufacture and distribute land-based and online/social casino gaming products and software.

 

 
 

 

 

Forward-Looking Statements

 

This press release contains “forward looking statements” regarding the closing of the merger and the expected timing thereof and other future related events. Such statements are based upon current estimates and expectations that are subject to risks, uncertainties and assumptions. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary materially from those indicated or anticipated by such forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause actual events to differ include, but are not limited to the failure to satisfy the closing conditions to the merger, including obtaining the approval of the merger and change in control of GAN by certain gaming authorities and other risks detailed in GAN’s filings with the SEC, including its proxy statement filed with the SEC on January 9, 2024. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof. GAN undertakes no obligation to release publicly the result of any revisions to these forward-looking statements that may be made to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events, except as required by law.

 

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Investor Contacts:

 

GAN

Robert Shore

Vice President, IR and Capital Markets

(610) 812-3519

[email protected]

Alpha IR Group

Ryan Coleman

(312) 445-2870

[email protected]